So I guess no one got separated from the group? Thought I should bring this up that Larisa’s dad has never been seen, will that change? I’m moderately curious as to what he looks like. Really well drawn comic as always.

About Woo’s message: Yes, wildfires can be prevented.
But forest are actually healthier if they are regularly burnt. Fires are the natural form of pruning, prevent insect pests, are required for many plants to germinate and clear out the undergrowth without harming the larger trees. If small scale wild fires are prevented for too many years in a row, there is a build up of fuels which results in destructive, large scale wildfires such as the Black Saturday fires in Australia. Animals can smell smoke and find shelter when there are small fires around, but a large wildfire kills everything in its path.

Quite sad when you have to rely on chinese chraftsmanship to help you out of a hard situation. Lord knows they make things on mass just to sell them so they can be replaced quickly. If it had been a german or Japanese phone they would not be haveing this problem. Any way like the new isue, told my gf about the comic she like it much 😀

Bathbomber, you are right about wildfires. For decades, this country had a policy of suppressing all wildfires as soon as possible. We now know that policy was a huge mistake that has left us with huge problems.

However, I don’t see Woo saying anything about wildfires anywhere on this page. Am I missing something?

They survived by use of Citizen’s Band (CB) Radio. Always have one with you in a water proof baggie with batteries in and ready to go, just in case something like this would have happened. The Forest Ranger stations all had CB’s and towers on them. In the mid 90’s it was Family Radio System (FRS) radios, with a 2 mile range on the portable handsets, but you had to be monitoring the frequencies. Scanners could pick most of them up and you were advised on channels that were monitored by the Forest Ranger if you had arranged your trip properly. There were also these things called Signal Flares, but Larisa can create one of those at just about any time. 😀

Do you want to save money by switching to (Blankety Blank) Long distance service? If so hang up immediately and we’ll switch you automatically. If not, please stay online for the next 3 hours while a recording tells you all the benefits you’ll be missing.

Moxie Man wrote:
(chuckle) How did anyone survive prior to cell phones? We might just find-out.
For the record, I don’t own one.
But you sure use your friend’s. Oh I know you anti tech freaks, always asking my gear but you wont buy one yourselfs